Twenty Years Of Watching The Thermometer… And The Narrative Authored by Anthony Watts via WattsUpWithThat.com, In November 2006, when I launched Watts Up With That?, the idea was simple enough: look at the data, check the instruments, and ask whether the conclusions being drawn actually followed from the evidence. It was never intended as a career in heresy. It was, at the time, a fairly normal scientific impulse steeped in […]

Paris Summit Wants Ukraine ‘Peace’ Through NATO Boots On Ground Tuesday’s major Ukraine summit of the so-called ‘coalition of the willing’ in Paris on Tuesday, where dozens of European leaders were hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, is still desperately trying to salvage strong security guarantees for Kiev as a central part of any future peace deal to end the war with Russia. Macron vowed that Ukraine’s allies and military […]

The Heart Of The Matter: Cardiac Risks Of COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Michael Tomlinson via The Brownstone Institute, Evidence continues to mount indicating that the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic was counterproductive and harmful, yet mainstream opinion continues to proclaim that it was a triumph. This is based on scientific papers that often manipulate the data or present it selectively. Exhibit 1: Cohort study […]

These Are The Middle East’s Most-Populated Cities The Middle East is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing and most densely populated cities. Rapid population growth, rural-to-urban migration, and economic concentration have driven major cities to expand well beyond their historic cores. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, highlights the most populated cities in the region in 2025. The data for this […]

“We Don’t Want Your Culture Of Dominance” – Denmark To Ramp Up Deportations Of Criminal Foreigners Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced plans for deportation reform aimed at expelling more foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes, using her New Year’s address to argue that Denmark must put public safety and victims first, even if doing so pushes the boundaries of […]

Perhaps We Should Actually Be Focusing On Fixing America Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, After years of heading in the wrong direction, nobody can deny that the United States is facing overwhelming problems. So why don’t we focus on fixing those problems first? The truth is that we can’t do everything because our resources are very limited. U.S. households are more than 18 trillion dollars in debt, and […]

Chevron Contracts 11 Tankers For Venezuela Port Calls As Don-Roe Doctrine Begins Chevron stands out as the clear winner among U.S. oil majors, given its unique positioning already in Venezuela. The company already produces a quarter of the country’s oil output under a U.S. sanctions waiver and exports crude, giving it an operational and regulatory moat no other oil major can match. With the Monroe Doctrine effectively rebranded as […]

Israeli FM Travels To Somaliland In First, Unprecedented Visit Since Recognition Via The Cradle Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar visited the Republic of Somaliland on Tuesday and is meeting the breakaway state’s president, according to multiple media reports. Reuters cited sources as saying that Saar is currently in Somaliland and will meet the president of the state, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, in the capital Hargeisa. […]

At CES, A Chinese Two-Legged Vacuum Signals The Next Phase Of Home Robotics At CES in Las Vegas, where robotics is a dominant theme this year, Roborock introduced a striking new home robot meant to persuade consumers that household automation is ready for everyday life, according to Bloomberg. The Chinese company — formally called Beijing Roborock Technology Co. — revealed the Saros Rover, a robotic vacuum concept equipped with […]

Your Cholesterol May Look Normal… But This Hidden Particle Could Still Be Raising Your Heart Risk Authored by Brendon Fallon & Lynn Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For decades, cholesterol screening has focused on a familiar set of numbers—LDL (“bad” cholesterol), HDL (“good” cholesterol), and triglycerides. When these values fall within the “normal” range, many people are reassured that their heart risk […]

Mapping US Interventions In Latin America A lot has changed over the past 72 hours. For Venezuelans, the events will have been particularly momentous. In a rapid attack, U.S. special forces entered the compound of now-deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and abducted both him and his wife, before flying them to the United States. The operation was accompanied by U.S. airstrikes targeting multiple sites in the capital of […]

Morgan Stanley Lifts Gold Forecast To $4,800, Citing Fed Cuts And Global Risk Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Gold prices are poised to climb to fresh record highs by the end of the year, with Morgan Stanley forecasting the bullion at $4,800 per ounce by the fourth quarter of 2026, as falling interest rates, central bank buying, and persistent geopolitical risk continue to drive demand for the traditional safe-haven […]

Crude Drops After Trump Says Venezuela Will Transfer Up To 50 Million Barrels To US Update (2035ET):  Brent crude futures fell after a Truth Social post from President Trump said officials in Venezuela will transfer “30 to 50 MILLION barrels of high-quality, sanctioned oil” to the U.S. “This oil will be sold at its market price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is […]

Kim Jong Un Just Oversaw Hypersonic ‘Nuclear-Ready’ Missile Test, Blasts US As ‘Rogue’ State  North Korea announced that it had successfully carried out a test of a hypersonic missile on Sunday – coming within 24 hours following the Trump-ordered US military raid on Caracas to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to a statement released by North Korean state media, “A sub-unit under a major firing strike group of […]

The Death Row Priest Authored by Randy Tatano via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.” It’s what Catholics say at the beginning of confession. But few priests have listened to the kind of sins like those Father Pat Madden has heard. That’s because his “parish” (if you want to call it that), consists of the men on Alabama’s death row. Father Pat, as he’s known in the area, […]

Luxury Ritz-Carlton Condos Aren’t Selling In “Liberal Cesspool” Portland Luxury units at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in downtown Portland are now being marketed at discounts of up to 50%, according to local reporting from KGW and the Portland Business Journal. What stands out to us is that developers believed Portland was a luxury market to begin with and, more ambitiously, one capable of supporting a high-end mixed-use skyscraper […]

Dollar Supremacy Strategy Or All-Time Grift? American AI Imperialism’s Reliance On The Middle East Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, The AI “revolution” needed capital, land, and loads of power. The rulers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates were happy to provide all three. In 2024 before the arrival of Trump 2.0 the big American AI players began deepening their relationships with Persian […]

US May Subsidize Oil Giants To Rebuild Venezuela’s Energy Sector, Trump Says President Donald Trump said the US may subsidize American oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s energy sector, arguing the plan would strengthen Venezuela’s recovery and protect US economic interests after the removal of Nicolás Maduro, according to Bloomberg. In an interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump said US firms could have expanded […]

MAGA Wants Trump To Drag Hillary To Court As She Claims He “Urged Supporters To Attack Congress” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Hillary Clinton couldn’t resist slapping up a tweet today claiming that on this day five years ago, President Trump called on his supporters to attack the Capitol. Clinton wrote “Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven […]

Trump Says “Investigation Of California Has Begun” As Surgical Truth-Bombs About Corruption Likely Inbound The Trump administration’s tactical information operation delivered a surgical “truth bomb” on alleged large-scale welfare fraud tied to Somalia-linked daycare networks, triggering a nationwide uproar, amplified by citizen journalists, that culminated in Gov. Tim Walz’s abrupt exit from the governor’s race as he sought a third […]

Appeals Court Agrees To Fast-Track Challenge To $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court on Jan. 5 agreed to expedite a business group’s appeal of a court ruling that upheld the Trump administration’s decision to increase the fee for H-1B visas for employees in specialty occupations to $100,000. A U.S. flag and a U.S. H-1B Visa application form, in this […]

Iran Decries ‘Foreign Interference’ As Protest Death Toll Rises Significantly The Iran protests have been raging for well over a week, and the death toll from the growing unrest which has spread to the majority of the country’s 31 provinces has been rising, fresh reporting indicates.  The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency is saying at least 35 people have been killed, based on numbers compiled by the group’s network of […]

Hilton Moves Fast To Nuke “Rogue” Franchisee As Hotel Continues Banning DHS Agents Update (Tuesday): Hilton Hotels wasted no time in the past 24 hours in curbing a rogue franchisee under the Hampton Inn brand called “Hampton Inn by Hilton Lakeville” – just outside of downtown Minneapolis – after news broke Monday that the independently owned hotel had rejected reservations from anyone affiliated with the Department of Homeland […]

Two Caribbean Nations Agree To Accept Asylum Seekers From US Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Caribbean nations of Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda announced on Jan. 5 that they agreed to take in third-country nationals who entered the United States illegally. An undated photograph of Rendezvous Bay, Antigua. Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said the […]

Chris Wright Takes Venezuela Pitch To Oil Executives In Miami The Trump administration is accelerating efforts to draw US oil companies into Venezuela, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright expected to hold discussions with industry leaders this week as Washington maps out plans to revive the country’s collapsed energy sector, according to Bloomberg. Wright will be in Miami for the Goldman Sachs Energy, Clean Tech & Utilities […]